Posted by Karol Ox on 08-03-2011 21:22
#1
Calliopum simillimum is the correct name? Thank you. Karol Ox.
4.9.2010, Slovakia.
Edited by Karol Ox on 09-03-2011 16:05
Posted by Mark-uk on 25-06-2012 13:57
#3
I missed this posting the first time round - it is not
Calliopum simillimum
This could be
Calliopum sp or
Lauxania (but I don't think this is
cylindricornis?)
In Northwest Europe telling the two genera apart is easy,
Lauxania has a very long third antennal segments, in
Calliopum it is shorter (but still longer than most Lauxanniidae). Outside Northwest Europe, I believe it is not so clear cut with some debate as to what actually separates the two genera. I seem to recall Shatalkin saying it should be done on features of the genitalia and not the third antennal segment length?
If anyone reading this in Eastern or Southern Europe has any spare specimens of
Calliopum and
Lauxania they would be warmly welcomed by me in the UK?
Mark
Edited by Mark-uk on 25-06-2012 14:01